University library of the Helmut Schmidt University
| University library of the Helmut Schmidt University | |
|---|---|
|
|
| founding | 1st October 1973 |
| Duration | 710,000 |
| Library type | University library |
| place | Hamburg |
| ISIL | DE-705 |
| Website | http://ub.hsu-hh.de/ |
The University Library of the Helmut Schmidt University is the scientific library of the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg . It is freely accessible and has the task of providing media from own and third-party stocks for face-to-face use, as well as interlibrary loan. The library is a member of the Joint Library Network (GBV) . Its current director is Jan-Jasper Fast.
History and structure
The university library was founded together with the institution of the university , which at that time was still known as the "Hochschule der Bundeswehr Hamburg". It went into operation parallel to the start of teaching and research at the university on October 1, 1973. The library consists of the main library with the library administration, the interlibrary loan point and an exhibition area as well as the faculty libraries, which comprise the majority of the holdings in systematic open access. The three faculty libraries for economics and social sciences, mechanical and electrical engineering, and humanities and social sciences are concentrated in one location and accessible via a central entrance. The central lending office and the central information desk are also located there. A total of 238 reading and 53 catalog workstations as well as group work rooms are available to users. A wide range of IT service offers is also available in a media workshop. Between 2003 and 2008, the library achieved third place, fourth place in 2010, and fifth place in 2009 and 2011 in the library ranking library index (BIX) among the single-tier university libraries in Germany. The library catalog can be used to research the institution's holdings and the databases of the Joint Library Network (GBV). The library is connected to the electronic journal library , the database information system DBIS and the direct delivery service Subito .
Duration
The university library of the Helmut Schmidt University has a total of 710,888 volumes (as of March 2013). 1598 printed journals are kept continuously, and a further 3027 titles are electronically licensed.
The textbook collections in the faculty libraries comprise 46,000 volumes. The majority of the holdings are freely accessible in the main library and the faculty libraries. The library's acquisition profile is geared towards the subjects and content taught at the Helmut Schmidt University. These are in particular: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, economics, law, pedagogy, psychology, history, political science, theology (focus: ethics, peace research), military and defense policy (collective focus: navy, sea war, military and defense policy of Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea region). The annual purchase budget is 1.6 million euros.
Offers and services
The university library is integrated within the university in teaching in the area of information literacy. In the bachelor's degree courses in history, political science and economics as well as educational sciences, library employees teach HSU students within the framework of the curricular offers of the Helmut Schmidt University, sometimes using the "blended learning" method. The library is also responsible for compiling the university bibliography and a bibliography for its namesake Helmut Schmidt. The library offers its users a wide range of contact and information services on its homepage: Electronic information is also possible via web form and via chat, and you also participate in the Hamburg electronic information service “Ask Hamburg Libraries”. In cooperation with the Helmut Schmidt University, individual committees and chairs as well as other cultural institutions of the City of Hamburg, the library in the main library regularly offers exhibitions, readings and other cultural events.
statistics
The library has 8,775 active borrowers (March 2013), 2,475 of them are students of the Helmut Schmidt University. 389 people are part of the scientific staff. With a media budget of 1.6 million euros, the library spends 560 euros a year per primary user (members of the university). The total budget is 3.5 million euros. The usage area covers 6,349 m². The library employs 32 (2015) employees (full-time equivalent) and is open 355 days a year, 81 hours a week.
Awards
- 2007 place 2 in the BIX ranking of the single-tier university libraries in Germany
- 2003–2006 ranked third among the German-speaking countries in Europe
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2018: Major disasters in Hamburg. Human failure in history - defensive urban development for the future?
- 2016/17: Germany's lighthouses. Documents, pictures, texts.
- 2015/16: Hamburg politicians as GDR spies in the Cold War
- 2014: Historiography - Bible Reform - Church Politics. The Hamburg pastor Carl Mönckeberg (1807-1886)
- 2013: The French occupiers in Hamburg. Evidence for the years 1811-1814
literature
- Ulrich Hahn, Matthias Schulze: Catalog extensions, mashups and elements of the "Library 2.0" in practice. The catalog of the university library of the Helmut Schmidt University (HSU) - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. In: Library Service. 43, 2009, issue 1, pp. 20-38. (PDF) ( Memento from January 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Martin Skibbe: The library of the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. In: workbooks. Working group of parliamentary and government libraries. 33, 1979, pp. 3-59.
- Martin Skibbe: Library of the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. In: Rolf Fuhlrott et al. (Ed.): New library buildings in the Federal Republic of Germany 1968–1983. Frankfurt am Main 1983, pp. 131-136.
- Martin Skibbe: The university library of the University of the Federal Armed Forces in the Hamburg library landscape. In: Information. 10, 1990, pp. 418-427.
Web links
- http://ub.hsu-hh.de/
- UB HSU in the Hamburg library system ( Memento from January 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 4.1 ″ N , 10 ° 6 ′ 35.6 ″ E